When the 3 Hour Era started, it used to be the opposite with the 1st Hour as the weakest and 3rd Hour as the strongest. Flipped to where it is now due to WWE's terrible attrition style booking and people getting used to the show starting at 8PM.

I feel like I've said this too many times, but the defense for that third hour is they get paid a lot of money for it. How much money do they sacrifice by having such a watered down and gentrified product, though? The creative problems were there before they went to 3 hours, granted, but we haven't seen a WWE that have had a 2-hour Raw with a unified roster since 2002, because I think they started the "Supershow" crap back when there were still a brand split in 2011.

That's merely a technicality, but god damn it -- end the roster split and cut your content down. If you need to release the Andre the Giant Battle Royal talent to save more money, go ahead and do that too. I'd consider cutting SmackDown too. There was demand for it in 1999/2000. Now it feels like they put out the show because they're obligated to.

* February 16, post-No Way Out. Randy Orton continues his path to the McMahon family and punted Shane and RKO'd Stephanie. Shawn Michaels also announced his intentions to challenge The Undertaker at WrestleMania.

* February 23, with HBK beating JBL to earn the right to face Vladimir Kozlov for the right to face Undertaker at WrestleMania, and Triple H chasing Legacy around with a sledgehammer.

* June 22, which had Trump buying Raw, it being "commercial free," everyone getting refunds, more Triple H/Randy Orton drama and John Cena being embarrassed by The Miz.

* July 27, which had a bunch of Beat the Clock Matches to decide who would get to challenge Randy Orton at SummerSlam. Shaq was a special guest and he backed up Cryme Tyme in the main event against Jeri-Show.

The thought/joke occurred to me. They appeared on quite a few of those shows.

I was never attached to them at the time, but honestly, both guys were really charismatic. Shortcomings in the ring aside, I'd kill for two guys with their personalities today. You can cover up those weaknesses in the ring.

I'm just reading up on Shad now. The dude is a stage actor and has won awards for writing comic books. He's married to a fitness model and foiled a bank robbery in 2016. Honestly, the guy sounds a bit like a superhero.

JTG looked small compared to Shad, but the dude is 6'1 1/2 and was billed as 232lbs. He was always jacked to the gills. These two -- either as a tag team busting myths about black people or as individuals -- would be worth another shot. In my opinion. Maybe I've just forgotten how much they suck in the ring or whatever. It feels like Shad, especially, was made to jump through hoops and was kind of a victim of a...shall we called it a "Purple Hayes" in the WWE.

It's been long enough that the environment has changed. I'd like to see Cryme Tyme vs. Dolph & Drew and Owens & Zayn. I'd also like to see them against New Day and The Usos. And that's as Cryme Tyme. I think those stereotypical gimmicks are the bottom of what they can achieve.